Dumping-car.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905. H. A. PEILER.

DUMPING OAR.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 21.1904. RENEWED APR. 13, 1905.

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No. 789,624. PATENTBD MAY 9, 1905. H. PEILER. DUMPING OAR.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 21,1904. RENEWED APR.1B,1905.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,624, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed July 21, 1904. Renewed April 13, 1905. Serial No. Z55A54.

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Be it known that I, HERMAN ADoLrn PEILER, a citizen of the United States of America. and a resident of lioloa, in the Island of Kauai and Territory of Hawaii, have invented a new and ln'i 'iroved Dumping-Oar, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a freight-car constructed so as to render easy the dumping of the entire load of the car. To this end 1 provide the wheeled bed and the body resting thereon, this body being arranged to tilt toward either side and the bed having rollers at its sides, which are engaged by the body upon the tilting thereof, so that as the body tilts it runs sidewise on the rollers and moves in an inclined position to one side of the bed, whereupon the dumping operation takes place through that side of the body which is downward.

The invention resides in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

This specification is an exact description of one example of my invention, while the claims deline the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speci lication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 33 ofFig. 1. Fig. t is a'fragmentary detail of one of the stops and dumping-lever fulcra. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan View showing the manner of fastening the body in place, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line (3 6 of Fig. 5.

The bed of the car comprises side sills 10 and end sills 11, forming a horizontal structure sustained by the axles l2 and wheels 14. This bed may be supplied with any suitable brake mechanism.

The body of the car normally rests on the side sills 10 and comprises the main or bottom portion 15, the transverse members the end walls 16, and the side walls 17. The latter walls are mounted to swing on the end walls by means of binge devices 18, which leave the lower edges of the side walls free to swing outward, as indicated by the broken lines in Fig. Said walls are held in closed position by means of hasps l9, fastened thereto and embracing eyes 20, mounted on the main part 15 of the body. As shown by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 1, the hasps 19 and eyes 20 are out of transverse a-linement at the respective sides of the car, and the parts 19 and. 20 are held firmly engaged by means of arc-shaped pins' 21, projecting from crank-like arms 22, fastened to or formed integral with a transverserock-shaft 23, mounted in the main part 15 of the body of the car. By rocking the shaft 23 in one direction or the other the desired side wall of the car may be released, the pin 21 of the opposite side wall moving meanwhile still farther into the corresponding eye 20.

On each of the side sills 10 adjacent to the respective ends thereof are rollers 24;, which have flanges at their inner ends and which lie just level with the side sills, so that when the end members of the main part 15 of the body ride on the side sill 10. as shown by full lines in Fig. 3, the body will be barely out of contact with the roller. If, however, the body be tilted transversely that is to say, raised at one side-its opposite side will be thrown on the adjacent rollers, and the body will then run from the side thereof which has been elevated. The rollers 24 are so positioned that they will be engaged by the end members of the main part 15 of the car-body.

On one or more of the intermediate transverse mcmbers 15 of the main part 15 of the body of the car are fastened studs 25, which project longitudinally of the car and are adapted to engage upwardly-projecting arms 26, fastened to the side sills 10 of the bed of the car, whereby to limit the sidewise movement of the car-bod y. I have here illustrated the preferred construction of my invention, in which there are two studs 25 and two pairs of upwardly projecting arms 26. Adjacent to each arm 26 is located a projecting mem ber 27, forming a fulcrum for the dumpinglevers 28. (indicated by the broken lines in Fig. Said levers are provided with rounding portions 28 and shoulders 28? and are adapted to be engaged with the respective fulcra 27, the primary position being that shown by full lines in Fig. 3, in which the rounding portion 28" bears under the body of the car. By raising the levers 28 successively to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3 the adjacent side of the car-body is lifted, and finally said side of the car-body bears on and is supported by the shoulder 28 of the dumping-lever. 'lwo levers and two fulcra are preferably provided, so as to enable two men to work at the operation of dumping the car.

29 indicates a chain which is adapted to be engaged with hooks 30 on the car-body and hooks 31 on the dumping-levers, by means of which chain and levers the body may be returned to its normal position. For holding the body in said position I provide studs 32, which are carried on plates 33, fastened, respectively, to the end sills 11 of the bed of the car, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Said studs 32 have rounding upper ends and are adapted to engage in keeper-plates 34, secured in the end sills of the main portion 15 of the body. As long as the bodyretains its horizontal position the studs 32 are active to prevent lateral movement of the body. To prevent accidental tilting of the body, I provide keypins 35, which pass through orifices in the studs 32 and in the main part 15 of the body, whereby to lock said parts together. The keypins 35 are removable and are provided with irregularly-bent handles 36, which lie outside the end sills 11 and serve to facilitate the removal of the pins.

In order to dump the car, the shaft 23 should be rocked so as to loosen the side of the body through which the contents of the car are to be dumped, and the pins 35 should be withdrawn. By engaging the dumping lever or levers 28 with the car, as explained, the car may then be rolled to its dumping position, such movement being arrested by the engagei ment of the parts 25 and 26. After the dumping operation has been performed the car may be returned toits normal position by employing the chain or chains 29, as before explained. i

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as lie i within the intent of my claims. l

Having thus described my invention. 1 claim l l l l as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A dumping-car, comprisinga bed, a body normally resting thereon, a roller mounted on the bed in position to be engaged by the body upon the tilting thereof, a fulcrum-stud on the bed, and a dumping-lever adapted to be engaged with the stud and with the body, to tilt j the latter. l

2. A dumping-car, comprisinga bed, abody normally resting thereon, a roller mounted at 1 each side of the bed in position to be engaged l by the body upon the tilting thereof, a stud on the body, projecting arms carried respectively at the sides of the bed and adapted to be engaged by the stud, for the purpose specified, fulcrum-studs mounted on the bed, and a dumping-lever adapted to be engaged with the body and with one of the fulcrum-studs, whereby to tilt the body.

A dumping-car, comprising a bed, a body normally resting thereon, a roller mounted on the bed in position to be engaged by the body upon the tilting thereof, a stud attached to the bed, and an orificed keeper-plate attached to the body and normally receiving the stud in its orifice.

A. A d umping-car, comprising a bed, a body normally resting thereon, a roller mounted on the bed in position to be engaged by the body upon the tilting thereof, a stud attached to the bed, an orificed keeper-plate attached to the body and normally receiving the stud in its orifice, and a key-pin adapted to liein an orifice in the stud and in the body, to lock the body in active position.

5. A dumping-car, comprising side walls, movable for the purpose specified, a device for holding each side wall releasably closed, and a transverse connection between said devices, whereby they are caused to operate alternately.

6. A dumping-car, comprising a body having side walls movable for the purpose specified, a device for holding each side wall releasably in closed position, each device comprising a keeper-pin, and a rocking shaft connecting said pins to cause saidpins to operate alternately.

7. A dumping-car comprisingabed, adumping-body, means movably mounting the body on the bed, a stud attached to the body, and an orificed keeper-plate attached to the body and adapted to receive the stud when the body is in normal position for the purpose specified.

8. Adumping-carcomprisingabed. adurnping body, means movably mounting the body on the bed, a stud attached to the body, an orificed keeper-plate attached to the body and adapted to receive the stud when the body is in normal position for the purpose specified, and a key-pin adapted to pass through an opening in the stud and into the body to hold I the body in place.

9. A dumping-car comprising a bed, a body, means for removably mounting the body on the bed, a fulcrum fastened to the bed, and a dumping-lever adapted to be engaged with the fulcrum and with the body to tilt the latter into dumping position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sul scribing witnesses.

HERMAN ADOLPH PEILER.

Vl itnesses:

Fnnmnon Lorna, AUG. (famine. 

